Powerbook goes into coma

In the am, I boot up the Powerbook which I run at home with an external monitor only. When I'm ready to go to work, I usually put the machine to sleep, shut off the external monitor, bring the PB out of Sleep on the PB screen, then close the lid. I usually try to awaken it about 90 minutes later at the office. Sometimes it wakes up, sometimes it doesn't. I literally have to hold in the power button, I hear it power down, then restart. I've tried the usual methods to awaken it, by striking the space bar, etc, but when it's out, it's out!!!

Any thoughts???

Thanks.

Fran k

>>hat OS version are you running?<<

10.2.6.

Is there a newer one. I thought I saw there was, but Apple pulled it???

Frank

>>and put to sleep by the Apple Menu, not closing, after its asleep, try it, then close and it should work fine.<<

I do exactly that --- up until the final step. I'll try it and see.

Thanks.

Frank